Senior Chief Engineer, Enterprise IT & Communications

Gtscts; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

FSA

401(k) with employer match

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GTSC Bowen Group seeks an accomplished Chief Engineer to serve as the program's senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications capabilities across secure facilities. The role is based in the Washington, DC metro area with travel, and requires current Top Secret clearance with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility.

The Chief Engineer will establish the engineering vision, maintain the integrated baseline, and align systems, network, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience designing, integrating, modernizing, or sustaining complex enterprise IT, including classified environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations or major initiatives across dispersed locations.
• Broad technical knowledge across enterprise architecture, systems, networking, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, and operations.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, trade studies, risk assessments, integration, and major engineering decisions.
• Experience engineering capabilities for SCIF or other accredited classified environments, including multi-enclave systems and security boundaries.
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF) and experience advising senior leaders.
• Active Top Secret Clearance (SCI eligibility) required.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Establish the program's technical vision, engineering strategy, priorities, architecture, standards, and modernization roadmap.
• Serve as the principal technical advisor to the Program Manager, government sponsors, executive leadership, and engineering teams.
• Own the integrated technical baseline across systems, network, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, facilities, and operations.
• Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, and engineering working groups.
• Manage technical risks, architecture gaps, interface challenges, conflicting requirements, technical debt, and lifecycle concerns.
• Direct trade studies addressing assumptions, alternatives, cost, schedule, security, risk, and operational consequences.
• Ensure mission requirements remain traceable through architecture, implementation, integration, verification, validation, transition, acceptance, and operations.
• Resolve cross-domain conflicts and communicate major decisions, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Establish an integrated automation strategy spanning engineering, cybersecurity, testing, monitoring, compliance, and operations.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Systems engineering

Networking

Cybersecurity

Cloud

Executive communication

Risk management

Leadership

NIST RMF

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

NIST SP 800-37 / 800-53

Job description

GTSC Bowen Group seeks an accomplished Chief Engineer to serve as the program's senior technical authority for enterprise IT and communications capabilities across secure facilities. The role is based in the Washington, DC metro area with travel, and requires current Top Secret clearance with SCI-eligibility and SAP eligibility.

The Chief Engineer will establish the engineering vision, maintain the integrated baseline, and align systems, network, cybersecurity, cloud, applications, data, and